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Virtuoso modern stagecraft and a fine cast combine in a very enjoyable, present-day Rake’s Progress.

Simon McBurney's production of The Rake's Progress for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence begins with the equivalent of a blank page – a simple white paper box onto which he pours his inspiration.

Opera North's Hansel and Gretel at the Grand Theatre Leeds, directed by Edward Dick, is witty and perceptive, with some insights provide by Freudian psychanalysis

Opera North's new production of The Snow Maiden is the first professional staging in the UK for over 60 years, although the magic is intermittent

Gerald Barry’s deliciously anarchic operatic setting of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest returns to the London stage.

From its stunningly filmic opening to its faux-Golgotha finale, the Royal Opera House’s new production of Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny demands our attention. 

Tabachnik et Debray signent une œuvre poétique à l'Opéra de Lyon. Puissamment évocateur, Benjamin, Dernière Nuit, nous donne à penser la tension entre mystique et profane qui nous possède tous.